Eliza: Troon Harbour Entrance, Firth Of Clyde
Smack (19th Century)
Site Name Eliza: Troon Harbour Entrance, Firth Of Clyde
Classification Smack (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Elizabeth; South Pier, Troon; Outer Clyde Estuary
Canmore ID 247761
Site Number NS33SW 8033
NGR NS 308 318
NGR Description NS c. 308 318
Datum Datum not recorded
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- Council South Ayrshire
- Parish Maritime - South Ayrshire
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
NS33SW 8033 c. 308 318
N55 33 W4 41
NLO: Troon [name: NS 315 310].
Not to be confused with NS33SW 8005, NS33SW 8030, NS33SW 8071 or NS33SW 8080.
Wreck 22 February 1850, ELIZA, smack, place Troon. In working out of, missed stays, fell behind outer pier and became a wreck. Lloyds List 23 February 1850.
Source: PP British Sessional Papers. Admiralty Register of Wrecks and other Casualties on Shores of UK 1850 and 1851 (1852 (XLIX.503))
Greenock, 22nd Feb. The smack ELIZA, West, in working out of Troon Bay missed stays, fell behind the Outer Quay, and became a wreck; crew saved.
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 11,210, London, Saturday February 23 1850.
NMRS, MS/829/67 (no. 236).
(Classified as smack: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 12 February 1850). Elizabeth (Eliza?): this vessel was wrecked at the back of [the] South Pier, Troon. Capt. West.
Registration: Killough.
(Location of loss cited as N55 32.80 W4 40.60).
I G Whittaker 1998.
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. Troon harbour (NS33SW 23.00) is centred at NS 30981 31484.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 14 September 2005.
Loss (12 February 1850)
Wreck 22 February 1850, ELIZA, smack, place Troon. In working out of, missed stays, fell behind outer pier and became a wreck. Lloyds List 23 February 1850.
Source: PP British Sessional Papers. Admiralty Register of Wrecks and other Casualties on Shores of UK 1850 and 1851 (1852 (XLIX.503))
Greenock, 22nd Feb. The smack ELIZA, West, in working out of Troon Bay missed stays, fell behind the Outer Quay, and became a wreck; crew saved.
Source: The Marine List, LL, No. 11,210, London, Saturday February 23 1850.
NMRS, MS/829/67 (no. 236).
(Classified as smack: no cargo specified, but date of loss cited as 12 February 1850). Elizabeth (Eliza?): this vessel was wrecked at the back of [the] South Pier, Troon. Capt. West.
Registration: Killough.
(Location of loss cited as N55 32.80 W4 40.60).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (14 September 2005)
The location assigned to this record is essentially tentative. Troon harbour (NS33SW 23.00) is centred at NS 30981 31484.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 14 September 2005.
